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1 Samuel 16:8

Listen to 1 Samuel 16:8
8 Et Isaï appela Abinadab, et le fit passer devant Samuel; mais il dit: L'Éternel n'a pas non plus choisi celui-ci.

1 Samuel 16:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 16:8

Then Jesse called Abinadab
His second son, ( 1 Samuel 17:13 )

and made him pass before Samuel:
that he might take a full view of him:

and he said, neither hath the Lord chosen this;
which he knew by a private suggestion from him.

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1 Samuel 16:8 In-Context

6 Et comme ils entraient, il vit Éliab, et dit en lui même: Certaine-ment l'oint de l'Éternel est devant lui.
7 Mais l'Éternel dit à Samuel: Ne prends point garde à son visage, ni à la grandeur de sa taille; car je l'ai rejeté. L'Éternel ne regarde point à ce que l'homme regarde; l'homme regarde à ce qui paraît aux yeux; mais l'Éternel regarde au cœur.
8 Et Isaï appela Abinadab, et le fit passer devant Samuel; mais il dit: L'Éternel n'a pas non plus choisi celui-ci.
9 Et Isaï fit passer Shamma; mais Samuel dit: L'Éternel n'a pas non plus choisi celui-ci.
10 Isaï fit passer ainsi ses sept fils devant Samuel; et Samuel dit à Isaï: L'Éternel n'a point choisi ceux-ci.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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